11.2

BRIDGE
OR GAP COVERAGE AFTER INITIAL APPROVAL

Parents may have up to 30 calendar days of
continued eligibility and child care assistance to “bridge” coverage during
periods of non-compliance with the program work participation requirements
for illness, unemployment, short breaks in class schedules (not for
summer months), or while waiting for Families First activity components to
start.This bridge period will begin
the day after the last day work/school requirements were met.

This coverage will not be granted in any situation when the parent or
program knows at the start that the period will be over 30 days.(Refer to Childbirth, Surgery, and
Major Illness for exception).

Any extension for continued eligibility or child care assistance for
periods over 30 days will require State Office approval for a good cause on a
case-by-case basis.